Posted by Dragon Black on October 26, 2007, at 13:27:04
In reply to Re: Update: this may just work to quit drinking... » Dragon Black, posted by ClearSkies on October 25, 2007, at 19:16:08
The book was very frustrating for me at first because I disagreed with like most of what he was saying. But it's worth sticking with, overall. It's also very repetitive, which I think is by design, almost a hypnotic effect. The best thing is it forced me to really think about why I drink, what I think I'm getting out of it, etc., and I found myself visualizing myself as a non-drinker at social occasions and having fun, visualizing myself getting back into shape, etc. The main focus of the book is dealing the fear that we will never be able to enjoy social situations (and all the other times we drink/drank) again or as much without alcohol, and basically helps convince you that it is largely an illusion, that if anything you'll enjoy them more. I haven't applied this yet, but I was drinking by myself nightly and so far I've completely stopped this. I also recommend taking a look at the reviews on Amazon; reading them helped me go into it with an open mind and gave me a lot of hope that it would work for me, and even though I knew I had a certain primed-placebo effect expectation going in, I was happy to have it. I didn't want a scientifically valid test, I wanted results.
> Well now you've got me intrigued! I too found zero success with the AA model (in fact, found the meetings to be very triggering and used to race from them to the store to pick up a bottle) and beat myself up over and over at how I couldn't "get it". I found success with the Women For Sobriety organization, which is based on recovery though the discovery of self and self esteem.
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> I will probably take a look at the Carr book too.
> Thanks for posting about it,
> ClearSkies
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